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Cody Rhodes Leaving AEW And Joining WWE?

Cody Rhodes, born with a birth name Cody Garrett Runnels, was born on June 18, 1985, in Charlotte, North Caroline in the United States. He is popularly known as the American nightmare, his ring name.

Cody Rhodes Bio

Cody Ghareet Runnels is a professional wrestler, entrepreneur, and actor popularly known by his ring name, Cody Rhodes or Cody.

He will celebrate his 37th birthday in June 2022. His zodiac sign is Gemini. 

He is the first and current AEW TNT Champion. He is also an executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also acts as an in-ring performer.

Cody Rhodes was born to Virgil Runnels, better known as Dusty Rhodes, a professional and highly successful wrestler and his second wife, Michelle.

His father’s first marriage left him with two half-sisters, Teil Gergel and Kristin Ditto, previous Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and a stepbrother of Goldust. 

He is the godson of Magnum T.A. and the nephew of former wrestlers Jerry Sags and Fred Ottman.

He officially changed his name to Cody Rhodes when he was a youngster. 

Cody attended Lassiter high school and performed outstandingly as a wrestler.  

Rhodes was a standout wrestler at Lassiter High School. He finished sixth in the 171-pound (78-kilogram) division as a freshman. 

He won the Georgia state championship at 189 lb (86 kg) as a junior in 2003, and he won it again as a senior. 

He had intended to wrestle at Penn State University on an academic level but instead chose to pursue a career as a professional wrestler. 

Rhodes also worked as a referee for his father’s Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling business throughout his high school years.

Rhodes went to an acting school after graduating from high school. 

He stands tall at the height of 6 ft 1 inch or 285 cm. He weighs around 220 lbs or 100 kg.

Career

Rhodes was trained for wrestling by his father when he was a young boy mere at an age of 12. His father made him learn basic principles and take bumps. 

He was further trained by Al Snow, Danny Davis, Randy Orton, and Ricky Morton. 

Cody Rhodes followed his father and older brother into the wrestling profession and joined WWE in 2006. He was first assigned to the company’s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he became a two-time Georgia state champion (OVW).

His first match was at Corydon, Indiana, a live event of OVW on May 13, with Pat buck. He lost the game. 

After being a triple Crown Champion, he lasted for OVW for nine years and got promoted to WWE’s main roster in 2007 as stardust. 

Rhodes was a two-time Intercontinental Champion and a prolific tag team wrestler.

He captured six tag team championships with four different tag team partners (three World Tag Team Championships and three WWE Tag Team Championships) during his time with WWE.

He left WWE in May 2016 and began wrestling independently. He made several appearances in TNA, i.e., Total Nonstop Action.

From 2016 to 2017, he wrestled at WWE’s wrestle Mania, ROH’s Final Battle and the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom events. He also showed up for TNA at Bound for Glory.

In September 2017, He became the ROH world champion becoming a one-time ROH World Champion, one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion (due to ROH’s partnership with the National Wrestling Alliance), one-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion (due to ROH’s partnership with NJPW), and former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion (with The Young Bucks) – the NWA World, IWGP United States, and ROH Six simultaneously.

Rhodes defeated Ezekiel Jackson to win the Intercontinental Championship, his first singles title with the WWE, at the August 9 tapings of the August 12 SmackDown. 

The following week on SmackDown, he made his first championship defense by defeating Jackson in a rematch. 

After DiBiase lost a singles match to Orton the following week, Rhodes attacked him, severing their alliance and forcing an Intercontinental Championship contest between the two at Night of Champions, which Rhodes won. 

At the same time, Rhodes and Orton began a feud, with Orton defeating Rhodes on SmackDown on September 9, but Rhodes defeating Orton on Raw on September 12 when Mark Henry distracted Orton.

In a smackdown of September 23, Orton and Rhodes came together for a match, and Rhode defeated Orton. However, after the game, Orton came over Rhodes with the timekeeper’s bell, genuinely wounding him that caused bleeding.

Th media broadcasted the footage, and the week after, Rhodes stated that he got nine stitches at the wound. 

At the same time, Rhodes was also winning the intercontinental championship against Shamus with a 10-man battle royal in a singles match. 

Throughout October, Rhodes continued his rivalry with Orton, claiming that Orton abused him while both Legacy members, causing him to lose the World Heavyweight Championship and attack him. 

On the September 2 Raw, Rhodes was forced to put his job on the line when he faced WWE Champion Randy Orton in a non-title match as a punishment for releasing a statement against Triple H’s, Chief Operating Officer authoritarian rule.

Rhodes lost and was terminated. 

With Cody’s reinstatement on the line, Goldust lost to Orton over the next few weeks, while Big Show’s father Dusty Rhodes was knocked out while screaming for his kids to be reinstated. 

The bitter Rhodes brothers attacked The Shield in retaliation, causing Raw to be gatecrashed. 

Rhodes and Goldust regained their employment on October 6 at Battleground when they defeated the WWE Tag Team Champions, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins, in a non-title match. 

On October 14, the Rhodes brothers defeated Reigns and Rollins with the help of Big Show in a no-disqualification match to win the tag title.

Apart from this, he has also worked as an actor in numerous television movies and series. 

Leaving AEW And Joining WWE?

On February 15, 2022, Cody and his wife Brandi announced leaving AEW. It has come into notice that Rody might again join WWE. 

Personal Life

Cody tied the knot with Brandi Reed in September 2013. She was a WWE ring announcer under Eden Stiles.

Cody Rhodes Net Worth

Rhodes’s net worth is estimated to be around 5 million dollars. He has a luxury mansion in Florida of about 2 million dollars. 

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Fernande Dalal

Update: 2024-05-08